Chart of the week
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Clean energy manufacturing
Chart: Trump cratered the clean-energy manufacturing boom
In 2025, companies spent less on U.S. factories for solar panels, EVs, and more. A bonus chart shows why this trend may continue in the year to come.By Dan McCarthy .
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Solar
Chart: Solar is finally bigger than coal in Texas
Sure, coal had a comeback in 2025. But the year also marked the first time Texas got more power from solar than from the increasingly expensive fossil fuel.By Dan McCarthy .
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Clean energy
Chart: How the US electricity mix changed last year
Solar and coal were up, and gas, surprisingly, was down. Here are the numbers behind a wild year for the U.S. power sector.By Dan McCarthy .
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Clean energy
Clean energy is still winning. These 10 charts prove it.
Solar and wind are beating new power demand, steelmaking is slowly getting off coal, and more clean energy victories are clear in these charts.By Kathryn Krawczyk .
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Clean energy
Chart: Clean energy remains dominant in the US — despite Trump
Trump spent much of 2025 boosting fossil fuels and blocking renewables, but 92% of new power additions through November were solar, wind, or batteries.By Dan McCarthy .
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Geothermal
Chart: Geothermal energy is attracting more and more investment
There’s a wave of renewed interest in the energy source, which could help the world keep pace with rising electricity demand and decarbonization targets.By Dan McCarthy .
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Solar
Chart: Hungary is leading the world in solar adoption
The small European country unseated a longtime champion in a ranking of nations by how much of their electricity comes from solar.By Dan McCarthy .
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Clean energy
Chart: Solar and wind are meeting — and exceeding — new power demand
Through September, the two clean-energy sources outpaced growth in power demand. That trend needs to accelerate for the world to phase out fossil fuels.By Dan McCarthy .
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Electric vehicles
Chart: EVs are ascendant — and gas cars are past their prime
Sales of gas-only vehicles are down by 31% from their peak, while electric vehicle sales are growing rapidly worldwide, largely due to China.By Dan McCarthy .
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Emissions reduction
Chart: Carbon emissions are on a better — but not good — trajectory
Ten years after the Paris Agreement, the worst-case warming scenarios seem unlikely. But there’s still a lot of decarbonization left to do.By Dan McCarthy .
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